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New Writings in SF-5

John Carnell

First published 1970
Publisher Bantam Books
Format Paperback
Type Anthology
Catalog ID S4632
Cover art Dean Ellis
Pages ix+162
Price $0.75
ISBN 0553046322


Dated U.S.A. 1st printing of this 1970 edition. Title page:

  • "New Writings in SF-5 [over] Edited by John Carnell"
  • Bantam colophon.
  • "A National General Company"
Copyright page:
  • "New Writings in SF-5"
  • "A Bantam Book"
  • "Printing History"
  • "Dobson Books edition published 1965"
  • "Corgi edition published 1966"
  • "Bantam edition published August 1970"
  • "Copyright © 1965 by John Carnell."
  • "Published simultaneously in the United States and Canada"
  • "Bantam Books are published by Bantam Books, Inc., a National [over] General company. [...] Bantam Books, Inc., 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10019."
  • "Printed in the United States of America"
  • No number line.
Front cover:
  • "S4632 * 75c" "A Bantam Book"
  • No signature on the artwork. Cover art credit from https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/24001
Spine:
  • "75c", "New Writings in SF5", "553 · 04632 · 075". (ISBN-10 derived from this partial SBN)
Back cover:
  • Reproduction of front cover artwork.
  • No other pricing. No artist credit stated.
First numbered page is page vii. ToC, on unnumbered page v, states the page numbers of the half-title pages for each story; respectively pps. 1, 35, 55, 77, 103, 115, 131. The story texts start on pages as below. ToC states the Foreword start correctly as page vii. Foreword is signed, on page ix "John Carnell [over] 1970". There are one-paragraph editorial introductions to each story beneath the half-page titling. Last story finishes on the last numbered page, 162. Gloss cover.

Year Reviewer Publication
1965 Hilary Bailey New Worlds SF, November 1965

Searching by ISBN: 0553046322

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Potential Donald Malcolm Novelette
37 The Liberators Lee Harding Short Story
57 Takeover Bid John Baxter Novelette
79 Acclimatization David Stringer Novelette
105 The Expanding Man R. W. Mackelworth Short Story
117 Treasure Hunt Joseph Green Short Story
133 Sunout Eric C. Williams Novelette
vii Foreword (New Writings in SF-5) John Carnell Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
New Writings in SF-5 Cover 1970 Bantam Books Paperback Anthology S4632 Dean Ellis ix+162